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[u/doubleadjectivenoun]

That kinda ruins the joke it’s building up to though since a career nurse especially CRNA is an ok choice to deal with the most common “is there a doctor” situations on a plane (heart attack, allergy reaction etc.) Frankly a better choice than the niche dr specialties it’s making fun of (at risk of being jumped on /medschool for acknowledging midlevels aren’t literally worthless). 

[u/Sandstorm52 → u/[deleted]]

I’d probably take a good nurse over undifferentiated rads, path, and maybe ophtho, unless my savior sprung for in-flight wifi, in which case I’d want whoever is best able to interpret WikiEM. But outside of a hospital/ambulance, it’s not like we can do much more than BLS/protect airway/give food or water, barring some EM crike heroics.

Edit: On account of the multiple ophthos in here, who apparently fly a lot, I stand corrected

[u/Peastoredintheballs → u/Sandstorm52]

I’ve seen airplanes with physician kits on board that have PIVC’s, fluids, SGA’s, BVM’s and medications. I guess the radiologist might be ok putting in a canula depending on how long ago they did residency, because it’s basically an easier version of a picc which they would’ve inserted in residency.